Mysterious dog respiratory illness: 7 questions answered by a veterinarian

While cases of the mystery respiratory dog illness continue to be reported, veterinarian, Dr. Matthew Wheaton with Alicia Pet Care Center has advice for dog owners on edge.

1.) What are the main symptoms we need to watch for?

"Coughing is gonna be the primary one, but we do have nasal discharge associated with this illness as well. And then one of the bigger problems with this is that we see a much higher ratio of our cases turning into pneumonia cases. So those dogs will be quite sick. Most of the time they'll run a fever, they could have difficulty breathing. And there is a small segment of the disease population that will have rapidly progressing pneumonia and can actually lead to deaths."

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